THE business of IPL

Cricket is a sport that to me is played in the Subcontinent..The emotions ,the drama and the scornful remarks that the cricketers have to face are unimaginable more so In India.Cricket was always special to India starting from Maharaja Ranjit Singhji who played for England in late 1800s and then India winning the Prudential World Cup in 1983 under the leadership of Kapil Dev made Indians proud of their overseas victory when India during those times were looked down upon by the West and when the first Maruti 800 Car was rolled out which was considered as royal luxury then.India then got more and more recognized and while other sports dwindled in the international circuit ,Cricket never took a backseat..


Money was a big hurdle but Jagmohan Dalmiya changed this during the 1996WC where television rights proved to be a money spinner and from then on BCCI is now among the richest sporting bodies in the world.

Underpaid athletes and maladroit administration ensured that sports other than cricket didn’t get enough public interest ..The fact that recently India failed to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and I am talking about the hockey team will obviously ensure that the public stays hooked on to cricket as there is no other alternative where Indians can proudly say “Jeetega bhai Jeetega India Jeetega”

The English premier league is very popular in urban areas of India which shows that with the right package and the right people and a visible scope of rooting for a team ensures that any sport under any format is and can be a success.


Cricket has now entered the entertainment industry and with integration of media and sports Cricket has turned into a industry by itself where anyone associated with it certainly ends up making munificent amounts of Money .Cricket may lose its originality with Test cricket being in the sidelines and 50-50 cricket also being given less importance ..20-20 cricket which has different connotations and one being Chaddi cricket could either revolutionize the 22yard game or prove a disaster if not managed properly in collaboration with the best brains in the business and the former cricketers keeping aside Ego and other obstacles that could jeopardize Cricket.


With money pouring in from all possible revenue generators ,sponsors in their hunt for maximum visibility with a great brand usually laoth from infusing money in other sports which indirectly lose out in the battle in the survival of the fittest which in this case is Cricket.

In other countries,Football is religiously followed although there is sufficient craze for other sports too..In the US,baseball is a huge game whereas back home in India baseball events In the US is not even aired in India let alone people being aware of the game.Basketball is another sport where players become household names and I was a big fan of basketball and it was only later I loved cricket more than anything else simply because we had a basketball court in school and I was a part of the strong basketball team where everyone aspired to play for La Lakers or Sacramento Kings .

In the UK,John Wilkinson was all over British papers as he was the main man behind England’s success in the Rugby world cup in 2006.Now how many of you know that Rahul Bose who is a well known actor in Bollywood is the captain of the Indian Rugby team..

Countries across the world have a sporting culture which Indians are deprived of.Most of the Breaking news in News channels is associated with Tendulkar reaching a fifty or Ganguly being dropped from the ODI squad which ceases to amuse me as I myself swear by cricket.

Now Lalit Modi being the IPL Commisioner who is being credited with making billions of dollars even without a single bowl being bowled might destroy the White Attire cricket from the game may be 20 years down the line in an effort to make colossal amounts of money and globalise the game .I myself is in an tricky situation as I want more countries to take part in this game of cricket and dream of a Brazil playing Against India with cricket being a global game but at the same time I would also want to see the Likes of Sourav Ganguly scoring a classy 87 on a dusty and variable bouncy pitch where other batsmen find it difficult to hang around.


But the IPL fever Is catching on.Did the Ipl fever catch you or are you waiting for the next test match to be played ? please do write your comments and suggestions for my blog and certainly bookmark it for new updates and articles.